Kelibia
| Kelibia | |
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| Coordinates: 36°51′0″N 11°6′0″E / 36.85000°N 11.10000°ECoordinates: 36°51′0″N 11°6′0″E / 36.85000°N 11.10000°E | |
| Country |
 Tunisia
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| Governorates | Nabeul Governorate |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Farid Ben Rejeb |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 51,928 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Website | www.commune-kelibia.gov.tn |
Kelibia (Kélibia) (Arabic: قليبية 
Qlībiya), often referred to as Calibia by European writers, is a coastal town on the Cap Bon peninsula, Nabeul Governorate in the far north-eastern part of Tunisia. Its sand beaches are considered some of the finest in the Mediterranean.
Known in Roman times as Clypia or Clupea, the town was founded by the Carthaginians as the fortified town of Aspis in the 5th century BC.
Clupea was also the seat of an ancient Christian bishopric. At the Council of Carthage (411), which brought together Catholic and Donatist bishops, Clypia was represented by the Catholic Leodicius and the Donatist Geminius. Aurilius was one of the Catholic bishops whom the Arian Vandal king Huneric summoned to Carthage in 484 and then exiled. Two other bishops of Clypia took part in the Council of Carthage (525) (Bishop Crescentius) and Council of Carthage (645) (Bishop Stephanus).
No longer a residential bishopric, Clypia is now listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.
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